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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap::As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Given how long it took the general populace to let go of Windows XP, I predict a pretty similar turn of events (or rather lack thereof) with Win10. By and large everyone's grandma and parents and auntie will just keep on using their same old computer as it is, possibly eventually turning into a petri dish for every exploit and piece of malware in the known universe in the process.

The majority of casual home users will throw away their computer and buy a new one only if it stops working or possibly if some new piece of software or more likely some future web site won't work with it. Otherwise, to most non-nerd users it's just an appliance.

Office and corporate deployments are another thing, but OS end-of-life situations are not new to any of those guys.

[-] BaardFigur@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

My grandma is still on Windows 7. The hardware is really outdated, and simple tasks may easily take an hour of more in just waiting. I suspect they won't throw it away untill it breaks down

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I know the feeling.

I slapped an SSD in my dad's machine (Microcenter has their Inland house brand ones on sale for $18 right now for a 265 gig, FYI) and it took his boot time from five minutes to about seven seconds. I think it was a Jackson well spent.

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